Glenn Edward Greenwald is an American journalist and author, best known for his role in a series of reports published by The Guardian newspaper and cofounding The Intercept, of which he was an editor until his resignation in October 2020. Following his resignation from The Intercept, he started self-publishing on Substack.
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Greenwald was born in New York City to parents Daniel Greenwald and Arlene Greenwald.
However, he was raised in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida. His parents moved to Florida when he was an infant.
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Greenwald’s parents separated when he was just 6 years old.
His parents and grandparents, who are Jewish tried to introduce him to Judaism. However, their efforts proved futile.
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Greenwald grew up without practicing an organized religion, did not have a bar mitzvah, and has said his “moral precepts aren’t informed in any way by religious doctrine”
Greenwald was inspired by his grandfather’s time on the then-Lauderdale Lakes City Council, and despite being in high school, decided to run for an at-large seat on the council in the 1985 elections at 17 years.
Glenn was unsuccessful, coming in fourth place in the race with only 7% of the total vote that election.
In 1991, Greenwald ran again for the at-large seat on the council at age 23. He was third place but again, lost with less than half of the total votes of his other two opponents.
Greenwald stopped running for political office after the two losses and instead concentrated on law school.
He received a BA in philosophy from George Washington University in 1990 and a JD from New York University School of Law in 1994.
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